patti ann, back to you. >> patti ann: steve harrigan live in rosenberg texas. thank you. trace. >> for context, we should know steve harrigan is about 40 miles south of where i am and where we are, we have also had a number of evacuations. we've been talking to people in the hotel we're staying at and they been telling us about losing their homes. how it went from literally nothing. i mean, their house was fine and then four to five hours later, they had eight, 10 feet of water inside their house. i want to bring in our meteorologist. i keep looking at these bands. the weather service says they may need to change some of the coloring because there is so much red because of the rain. all we see behind us is constant bands of rain and wind. >> we have had to change some of the shades of our coloring because these numbers are getting so high and so impressive that typically we look at numbers and beginning up to 20 inches. we have surpassed that long ago. here is currently what's out there. we are seeing heavy rain in the houston area, especially south of houston towards gal

patti ann?ommunities hit hard as the gulf coast community of galveston. let's go back alive to fox news correspondent lauren blanchard to see a people there are fairing. hi, lauren. >> hi, patti ann. as you can talk, the rain is coming down once again here in galveston. something this community does not need to. galveston county, there is one town in particular here, dickinson, texas. it's almost completely underwater. earlier today kimberly got an emergency warning for that town, that said we may not be able to rescue anyone who stays. very serious words from authorities, trying to get people out of the use communities that are being impacted. patti ann, a lot of the people are coming to galveston island because the interstates heading north toward houston or out of this area are all flooded and people cannot get out. instead, what they are doing is coming down here to galveston island. we have noticed a steady stream of people showing up, just soaked to the bone with bags, duffel bags, whateve

i am patti ann browne in new york. >> i am trace gallagher in woodlands, texas, with continuing coverage